A: The summer of 2004 saw a sharp spike in attacks on Coalition forces by the Mahdi Army militia in southern Iraq. British troops were ambushed at two locations either side of the “Danny Boy” vehicle checkpoint, near Al Amarah. Witnesses said the fighting was particularly fierce and had involved the use of bayonets by British troops for the first time since the Falklands War.’

“A woman who shouted ‘I’m Jack Sparrow’ at police as she stole a ferry was lucky she was not injured, the owners of the vessel said. Alison Whelan referred to the movie pirate character as she took the Dart Princess on the River Dart in Devon. She was jailed after being found guilty by magistrates in Torquay of aggravated vehicle taking last September.”

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